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Professor to address the
hazards of nuclear power
By Andrew McLemore
StaffWriter
A nuclear-free energy
policy will be the subject of
guest speaker and visiting
professor Arjun Makhijani
2:30 p.m. Sunday at Trinity
Presbyterian Church.
The event is co-sponsored
by the NT Peace Studies
department, Peace Action
Denton and the Sierra Club.
The organizations hope
Makhijani will inform the
public about two new nuclear
power plants proposed for
Texas and give information
about alternatives.
"Most people are not
aware of the power plants
being proposed," said Dan
Burnam, a Coordinator
for Peace Action Denton.
"Nuclear power is still not a
safe avenue to take."
Burnam, a Denton resident,
said nuclear power is risky,
and because Makhijani is the
president of the Institute for
Energy and Environmental
Research, he could make an
impact.
Denton will be Makhijani's
first stop on a week-long tour
to promote his book "Carbon-
Free, Nuclear-Free: Roadmap
to a U.S. Energy Policy."
Makhijani holds a
doctorate in engineering and
has written several books and
journal articles about the
dangers of nuclear power.
Makhijani said nuclear
power is a clear threat to
the environment. A power
plant uses almost 65 million
gallons of water a day as
coolant, Makhijani said.
Energy company NRG has
proposed to the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission to
build the first nuclear reac-
tors in the United States since
1984. The power plants are
planned for an area near Bay
City, Texas.
Makhijani said the
proposal from NRG is ambig-
uous about the amount of
water the power plants
would need to use from the
Colorado River and how that
would affect the surrounding
community.
"We need a fully renewable
energy economy to protect
the environment, to protect
against nuclear prolifera-
tion and to prevent conflicts
about oil," Makhijani said.
Makhijani said Texas is an
important part of the debate
about carbon-free energy
policy because although it is
the leading producer of petro -
leum in the U.S., Texas wind
energy has greater potential
than the combined energy of
all 104 U.S. power plants. He
also said worldwide invest-
ment in wind energy for the
last decade is more than 100
billion dollars.
"Texas has enough
resources to meet its growth,"
Makhijani said. "By going
towards a carbon-free
economy, we can begin to
solve some of these prob-
lems."
Makhijani said although
environmental concerns are
important, energy alterna-
tives must also be economi-
cally feasible and technologi-
cally possible. He said these
problems with wind power
and solar power can be solved
with the right approach.
"We need to address ques-
tions like what happens when
the wind doesn't blow and the
sun doesn't shine," Makhijani
said. "It is important to move
in the right direction because
we don't have the money or
the time to waste."
LULAC hosts youth
leadership seminar
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Police Blotter
Men detained
for drugs,
illegal weapon
ByBoJoplin
Intern
Friday, Feb. 1
An NT police officer
arrested Steven Wayne
Adams, 47, at 3 p.m. in
Traditions Hall. According
to the NT Police 7-Day inci-
dent summary report, Adams
was charged with posses-
sion of dangerous drugs
and criminal trespassing.
Police seized one Viagra pill,
Lexapro, a brass tube with
illegal residue and other non-
prescription drugs.
Saturday, Feb. 2
NT police stopped
freshmen Justin Joel Gorbey
and James Richard Currie, at
4 p.m. in a parking lot on W.
Hickory Street.
Both individuals were
booked and taken into
custody. They were charged
with having a switchblade,
a minor in possession and
an outstanding warrant,
according to the police
report. Brass knuckles were
found under the passenger
seat, along with a smoking
pipe with marijuana residue,
a razor blade, 2.9 grams of
marijuana. The men had a
total of 12.6 grams of mari-
juana stems and 10 clear,
plastic bags used for pack-
aging.
Sunday, Feb. 3
NT police officers
responded to a physical
altercation around 2 a.m.
in parking lot #52 on W.
Sycamore Street.
According to the police
report, officers found a 22
year-old man who had severe
lacerations and was quickly
rushed to the hospital.
Officers arrested Demarcus
Lee McGriff, 22, on charges
of assault causing bodily
injury.
By Megan Schwarz
Intern
Members of the NT League of
United Latin American Citizens
are facilitating a youth leader-
ship seminar to help high school
students discover education is
the key to political and social
empowerment.
The second annual Leadership,
Education, Guidance, Information
and Training, event will occur Feb
8-9 in Wo oten Hall.
This year's theme is "The Latino
Vote in 2008: How It Affects My
Generation."
Key to Latino political empow-
erment is the Development, Relief
and Education for Alien Minors
Act, which will allow undocu-
mented students to pursue higher
education.
President of the Texas A&M
LULAC chapter, Greisa Martinez,
will give a presentation about
the topic.
"It's important for us on the
Texas A&M 'DREAM Team'
that the 65,000 undocumented
students graduating this May
have all the information neces-
sary to pursue a higher level of
education," Martinez said. "Our
purpose is to raise awareness
within our Young Adult commu-
nity ab out the DREAM Act and the
student movement."
Her sister, Girsea Martinez,
is the League of United Latin
American Citizens Texas Youth
State Director and will also be a
presenter at the event.
"LULAC's emphasis on higher
education is what has kept me
in the organization for so long,"
Girsea Martinez said. "That's
why we hold LEGIT seminars
on college campuses. LEGIT is
a leadership seminar, and a way
to become a leader is to get your
education."
Lucio de los Santos, director of
the league's National Education
Service Center in Dallas, will be
at the seminar to educate students
on the scholarship and financial
aid process.
"Since this is a leadership
program, the capstone to it all
is personal development, and
the next phase of high schoolers'
development is a college educa-
tion," Santos said.
The league began in 1929 and
offered its first scholarship of $50
in 1930. It has offered scholar-
ships every year since then and
now awards $1 million annually,
Santos said.
"Unfortunately in many Latino
families, there is no experience of
the college process, so a lot of us
are left in the dark," said Sergio
Guzman, Piano sophomore and
NT LULAC president. "I was the
first person in my family to go to
college, and I was truly lost with
FAFSA, scholarships, even the
whole application process. I joined
LULAC because I knew they could
help me in these areas."
Guzman said he wanted
to encourage dialogue among
diverse groups such as the NT
College Republicans, because of
hot topics such as immigration.
The league did most of the
event organizing and got many
campus groups involved, such as
the Feminist Majority Leadership
Association and NT College
Democrats, he said.
Patrick Vasquez, NT League
of United Latin American
Citizens advisor and Director of
the NT Center for Outreach and
Community Involvement, said
he is grateful for the exposure the
seminar will give NT
"This is an opportunity for UNT
to represent itself," Vasquez said.
"I hope students will walk away
having learned how to be strong
Latino leaders but also having
learned that UNT is a great place
to study. UNT is a leading univer-
sity in Texas. We are a very multi-
cultural campus and have a lot
to offer."
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Scholarships recruit potential teachers
ByJessica Larriviere
Contributing Writer
The College of Education
awarded scholarships to 17 students
for a project aimed at recruiting
prospective teachers in poor school
districts.
Each recruited scholar will
receive $2,500 ayear for up to three
years of full-time study. In addi-
tion, students will receive tech-
nology tools such as PDAs or laptops
said Martha Peet, NT director of
the Texas Center for Educational
Technology.
Jim Poirot, executive director of
the NTTexas Center for Educational
Technology, said the scholarship
meets both financial and tech-
nological needs to enhance the
studies of future teachers.
"It concentrates on using tech-
nology to disseminate the unique
features of the project throughout
the state of Texas and beyond,"
Poirot said.
The Beginning Educators Gain
Instructional Nurturance project,
referred to as BEGIN, recruits full-
time college students trying to
become certified teachers with
majors in math, science, foreign
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commit to work in an area where
at least 40 percent of the students
are eligible for free orreducedlunch
subsidies for an equal amount of
time as awarded funding.
Through the project, a mentor-
is assigned to support the NT
student with a one-year obligation.
However, Peet said it is encouraged
for the mentor to continue with the
BEGIN scholar until graduation
and then for three more years. The
mentor will instruct and model the
best practices ofinstructionfor the
scholar, according to the project
goals, by meeting every week either
virtually or in person.
BEGIN scholar Alexandra James,
a Kingwood graduate student, said
the project should help reduce the
high turnover rate of first-year
teachers.
"Itis important for teachers to be
adequately prepared and encour-
aged for the first fewyears," James
said. "It's not the lack of ability, but
the lack of support that causes so
many teachers to drop out within
the first year and a half."
Funding for this scholarship
began last November when the
Texas Center for Educational
Technology in the NT College of
Education was one of the recipi-
ents of a $3 million grant from the
U.S. Department of Education. NT
is expected to receive $1.3 million
over three years for the project.
The remaining money will be
distributed among other univer-
sities, including Midwestern State
University, North Central Texas
College and Vernon College.
Peet said this is going to be a
"learning year" as the project is
new to the university.
"It is going to help surrounding
rural areas in providinghighlyqual-
ified teachers in the highest needs
areas," Peet said. "People who grew
up in the area will have the chance
to stayinthe community and really
make a difference."
Corrections
Andrew Harris is the
Vice President for Finance
and Administration.
His title was incorrect
in an article Wednesday.
The Planning and
Zoning Commission
approved plans for the Fry
Street development.
The commission name
was incorrect in an article
Wednesday.
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